Post by Eric Gajewski on Nov 9, 2016 15:07:19 GMT
TradCatKnight: Patience and Perfection
Occasionally, we hear stories of a saint who experienced an instant conversion, a Damascus-road moment, if you will. But for most of them, this was not the norm. The majority of saints became saints only after years, perhaps even decades, of struggle and toil. They prayed, they battled their passions, they fasted, and they fell again and again. But most of all, they never gave up.
Patience endurance is what made the saints what they were, and all their exalted heights of holiness would not have been possible if they had grown fainthearted and quit. They faced dangers and trials and failures because they were confident in God alone, not themselves. When they looked at their souls and saw only weakness and misery, they didn’t despair and throw in the towel. They threw themselves with even greater hope upon the mercy and strength of almighty God.
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Occasionally, we hear stories of a saint who experienced an instant conversion, a Damascus-road moment, if you will. But for most of them, this was not the norm. The majority of saints became saints only after years, perhaps even decades, of struggle and toil. They prayed, they battled their passions, they fasted, and they fell again and again. But most of all, they never gave up.
Patience endurance is what made the saints what they were, and all their exalted heights of holiness would not have been possible if they had grown fainthearted and quit. They faced dangers and trials and failures because they were confident in God alone, not themselves. When they looked at their souls and saw only weakness and misery, they didn’t despair and throw in the towel. They threw themselves with even greater hope upon the mercy and strength of almighty God.
tradcatknight.blogspot.com/2016/11/patience-and-perfection.html#more